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Great classical music for your morning

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

0930 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1045 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 19 Oct 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G major

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2, 'Moonlight' (1st mvt, Adagio sostenuto)

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Beethoven: Moonlight Sonatas: Radu Lupu.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`2 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d'Este.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 110.
  • Barbara Thompson

    Saxophone Quartet No 1 (3rd mvt. Scherzoso)

    Ensemble: Apollo Saxophone Quartet.
    • CELESTIAL HARMONIES.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence (2nd mvmt, Adagio cantabile)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Director: Iona Brown.
    • Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence - Strauss: Metamorphosen.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    October (Das Jahr)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: The Year.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 31 in D major, K 297, 'Paris' (2nd mvt, Andantino)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonies; SCO; Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.
    • 6.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Polka)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Smetana: The Moldau; RLPO, Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.
  • Cl茅ment Janequin

    O doulx regard, o parler gratieux

    Choir: Ensemble Vocal Aedes. Conductor: Mathieu Romano.
    • Poulenc: Stabat Mater, Litanies 脿 la Vierge noire.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 102.
  • Phyllis Tate

    Hampstead Heath (No 4 of London Fields)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Lyrita.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt, Adagio)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos: Andsnes, Jansons.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture No 2 in E flat major, Op 24

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.
  • George Frideric Handel

    As with rosy steps the morn (Theodora)

    Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Harry Bicket.
    • Handel: Arias: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
    • Avie.
    • 2.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    October (Das Jahr)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: The Year.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Jota (The Three-Cornered Hat)

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Falla: El sombrero de tres picos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Symphonie Concertante in E flat major, Op 13 No 1

    Performer: Zo毛 Beyers. Performer: Midori Sugiyama. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 39 No 15

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Sony.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    October (Das Jahr)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: The Year.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita

    Ceffylau [Horses]

    • ARC.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    October (The Seasons)

    Performer: Angela Brownridge.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons and Piano Sonata in G.
    • Signum-Cala.
    • 10.
  • Peter Warlock

    The Fox

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Christopher Maltman.
    • Schubert, Wolf, Debussy, Duparc & Warlock.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 16.
  • Johann Melchior Molter

    Concerto Pastorale in G Major (Aria II)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • For Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 22.
  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Performer: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Scott Joplin: Piano Rags: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution (The Philosophers)

    Choir: Ernst Senff Choir, Berlin. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Weimar. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of October Revolution.
    • Audite.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn/Hummel/Neruda/Torelli: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Ghislaine Reece-Trapp

    In Paradisum

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Coppelia (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Bru Zane.
  • Clara Schumann

    Three Partsongs (Evening Celebration in Venice; Forwards; Gondoliera)

    Ensemble: Studio Vocale Karlsruhe. Conductor: Werner Pfaff.
    • Schumann - Die Chorwerke Vol. 2.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
    • 21-23.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No 3 in A minor

    Orchestrator: Claude Debussy. Conductor: Georges Pr锚tre. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France.
    • French Orchestral Music / Pr锚tre.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Florence Price

    Elfentanz

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • From Brighton to Brooklyn.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Giustino RV717 Air: Vedro con mio diletto

    Singer: Lea Desandre. Ensemble: Jupiter. Director: Thomas Dunford.
    • Vivaldi.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 11.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Symphony No 2 in C minor, Op 29 (fifth movement, Maestoso)

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Scriabin: Symphony No. 4, Op. 54 "Po猫me de l'Extase" & Symphony No. 2 in C Minor.
    • Naxos.
    • 106.

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